Man Creates a Flying Dead Stuffed Cat!

• Sinned wrote on 2012-06-05 08:08

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;880187:

  So should we give plants and animals equal rights as humans? Do you really think of yourself as being of same (or less) worth as a paramecium?

  
  
  Plants and animals should be given more rights, but of course then we couldn't follow food chain standards, could we?
  
  To some degree, yes, I do think of myself worth the same as any other insignificant being. What makes me more special than anything else? Nothing. To the universe, other creatures and I are just blinking in and out of existence, just like how energy blinks in and out of existence inside a vacuum.
  
  My main point is that humans values themselves too highly. Times haven't changed from when people were geocentric and called anything that made humans look small blasphemy.
• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2012-06-05 10:23

  Quote from Niuu;880237:

  I think of other people not as more important than a cat.

  
  
  So if you had the option between rescuing either your child from a fire, or two kittens from a fire, which one would you choose?
• Krissyasaur wrote on 2012-06-05 10:51

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;880563:

  So if you had the option between rescuing either your child from a fire, or two kittens from a fire, which one would you choose?

  
  
  [SIZE="1"]both, obv.
  grab the kittens with one hand by the neck flab thing and the baby in the other.
  i'd risk my life to go back inside of a burning house for my cats any day[/SIZE]
• Splatulated wrote on 2012-06-05 11:43

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;880187:

  So should we give plants and animals equal rights as humans? Do you really think of yourself as being of same (or less) worth as a paramecium?

  
  
  some animals should have equal rights the cute ones at least
• Krissyasaur wrote on 2012-06-05 11:57

  Quote from Splatulated;880599:

  some animals should have equal rights the cute ones at least

  
  
  [SIZE="1"]that's just... so ignorant to say.
  all animals deserve some rights, while they're still alive :/[/SIZE]
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-06-05 11:58
  It was dead anyway, it's not like it's gonna die again. Is the symbolism of it really that important?
  
  I love animals, by the way, and could never harm anything outside of like bugs and fish.
• Oizen wrote on 2012-06-05 13:52
  We should do this to bob,
• whocares8128 wrote on 2012-06-05 14:17

  Quote from Niuu;880144:

  Ofc if we do that with a dead human it won't be funny anymore won't it?

  
  That depends on who it is (was).
  
  

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;880146:

  I think of myself as more important than a cat.

  
  That may be true for cats in general, but my cat outranks you in importance to me.
  
  
  P.S. I would never do this to any pet.
• Tropacat wrote on 2012-06-05 15:03

  Quote from Baronjr2;880098:

  I wonder what a PETA member's reaction would be.

  
  
  I wonder what a Dog's reaction ould be to this, Haha.
• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2012-06-05 16:18

  Quote from Krissyasaur;880573:

  [SIZE="1"]both, obv.
  grab the kittens with one hand by the neck flab thing and the baby in the other.
  i'd risk my life to go back inside of a burning house for my cats any day[/SIZE]

  
  
  But if you only had time to save one, which one would you choose? By your logic, the two kittens are more important than the one child, because animals are supposedly more/just as important as human beings.
• Deitylight wrote on 2012-06-05 21:21

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;880681:

  But if you only had time to save one, which one would you choose? By your logic, the two kittens are more important than the one child, because animals are supposedly more/just as important as human beings.

  
  I dare you to argue with a misanthrope, I DARE YOU.
• Taycat wrote on 2012-06-05 21:23
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• Kendoza wrote on 2012-06-05 21:29
  I'm depressed at the story.
  
  Then I read the rest of this thread and can't stop laughing.
  
  I wanna see PETA's reaction to this.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-06-05 21:35
  I laughed at the video and the flying bit.
  
  After reading the rest of the thread, I was like .____.
  
  Sigh.
• Sinsie wrote on 2012-06-05 22:51

  Quote from Niuu;880144:

  Ofc if we do that with a dead human it won't be funny anymore won't it?

  
  
  I'd argue that it has the potential to be even funnier if done right.
  
  Obviously I'm a fan of cats, love 'em to death, but the creativity shown in this video, as well as seeing a flying cat scare cows into submission, just wows me. Surely some cats would love to know that even in death they're cause misfortune to others.
  
  Concerning the whole "people are/n't more important than other animals" deal, consider that humans are animals in the animal kingdom as well, other species of animals (birds, dolphins, chimpanzees, cats and dogs of course) have shown to follow similar thought processes that humans would use (example: a crow has been observed to drop rocks in a tall cup with water near the bottom so that the water would slowly rise up high enough to drink out of), and obviously exhibit emotions (most easily seen in animals with noticeable personalities and facial expressions, such as cats and dogs).
  
  Some (myself) would argue that while their intelligence to comprehend the world isn't enough to consider them equals, their emotions are more or less on par with humans. You can make them ecstatic, calm, sad/depressed, scared, angry, some animals can even cry if pushed far enough. Ever dealt with animals that are traumatized? Those feelings are very real. They can enjoy/dislike life just as much as people are able to.
  
  Sure, their lives and population can easily be manipulated, we can always make more animals if we want, remove them from the world just as well. We can do the exact same thing with humans as well. The major difference is that animals aren't evolved enough to communicate and prove this to the majority of people. But I'm sure it's far easier to ignore these facts and imagine that all the qualities humans possess aren't shared by other resident lifeforms on the planet.
  
  Also there's the fact that a person is far more able to kill something of a different species than one of his/her/its own. I won't lie, if I had to choose between saving a fellow human being and an animal of any kind, I'd go human. Because it's far easier on my psyche (for example, that human probably has family and friends that would bitch if I hadn't picked him and guilt-tripped me). If it was a beloved pet and some stranger, I still would pick the person, but honestly I think it's only because I know if I didn't pick the person, there would be dire ramifications for my actions.
  
  My point is, if we were ever put into any of these hypothetical situations, knowing full well the consequences of our actions and not acting on pure instinct, people would save people. Some would still save the animals, and I can't blame them. But just because it's easier to accept that humans are more important than animals doesn't make it true. Animals have and can enjoy life, and we all have death to look forward to. Life doesn't have anymore value than what we're willing to give it. Much easier to give ourselves more value.